1st Edition
Homosexuality A History (From Ancient Greece to Gay Liberation)
By Vern L. Bullough
Copyright 1979
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1979. This is at once a look at the realities of homosexuality in history and an examination of the myths that have grown up around it. The record of practices and prejudices moves from biblical and classical through early and medieval Christian, Renaissance, and Victorian times, to our own era of dramatic changes. It looks at prominent figures who were homosexuals, the... Read more
1. Past Definitions and Explanations 2. Religion and Homosexuality 3. The Law and Homosexuality 4. Repressed Evidence 5. The Movement 6. Out of the Closet 7. Homosexuals as Victims: Scapegoating and Politics 8. Schools and Homosexuals 9. Lesbianism 10. Cross-Dressing: Transvestism, Transsexualism, and Homosexuality 11. Who Were the Homosexuals? 12. Homosexuality Today
Biography
Vern L. Bullough was an eminent sexologist and medical historian, and a pioneer in the scientific study of alternative sexual behaviors.
